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A few months ago, I found out my processor was failing thanks to a computer store downtown. So we got a new one, and reformatted my hard drive in case. Then, I returned to the store again a few weeks later because I was beginning to get random BSODs. They said it was cause of a corrupt install...

I want to install Win7 on 2 H/Ds is there anything that I should be aware of before I start? One drive is PATA and the other is SATA I think I must select which drive to boot from in the BIOS' I realize I cannot run 2 instances of the same Win 7 at the same time and the end goal is to reduce...

1) Surf the web for hours and get nowhere, not least when you try the Microsoft Windows 8 forum and they advise you to cut and paste a registry command which doesn't work. At least not for me. 2) Put your drive's SATA lead in a different socket on the motherboard. You may have to experiment...

Hello, I have an Asus M2N-E SLI motherboard, a W.D. SATA WD300HLKS hard drive, and a SATA DVD R/RW. I'm trying to install Windows 7, BUT I can't get passed the... "To install device drivers to access the hard drive, insert media.................... ..... Press OK to continue. If I hook...

Dear all, recently, the motherboard on my ThinkPad laptop died and I was left trying to access the data that is in my Bitlocker encrypted SATA Hard drive (Crucial, RealSSD C300 1.8) via USB. I bought the adaptor, plugged the hard drive into a different machine running Windows 7 Ultimate, but...

My new computer came with Win 7 (upgraded to Pro) installed on C:, which is a 60 g/b ssd, with the 3 g/b sata. After installing a few programs that will only let you install on C:, this drive is now full. I want to install a new 250 g/b ssd, with 6 b/g sata bus to replace the original 60. I'm...

Hi all. I recently installed a new SATA Sony Optiarc DVD-RW drive (Model AD-7280S-0B) to replace an older IDE drive, and since its install I have experienced two BSoDs within 10 minutes of booting with the same STOP error both times; 0x0000001E. Attached the the two .DMP files that were created...

Reading files and folders from a W7 HDD Hi, I have a HDD from my now ex-W7 pc which has a whole lot of files and images I need to lift. I have hooked the drive (sata) to my XP pc and tried to access them, but - unsurprisingly - they are not accessible straight off... What steps do I need to...

Hi everyone and happy new year! I've mounted a new PC, and after a day of working ok, i start getting BSOD every hour or so.Formated drive, and reinstalled windows 3 times now, keep getting BSOD with same bug check string and Filename coming up each time. I even got a BSOD while reinstalling...

hi , i have a gateway lt2030u and i have been trying to install windows 7 but when i need to choose a partition , it doesn't show any , it says it cant find driver that i need to load a driver and i insert my cd and it didn't see any , i search gateway's website and used sata driver but still...

Hi I haven't changed an internal hard drive in years but my main concern is getting the correct type of hard drive to add. My friend has a Dell Dimension 8300 from abut 2004 that he want's to add a hard drive to. He has only a 80 Gig drive in it and wants to get some thing it the 160 to 250...

I saw this topic and just couldn't resist posting. I assume that "conventional" would include both IDE and SATA hard drives, Eh? Any comments on that? Merry Christmas Everyone! the Doctor :cool: PS: Here's a little Christmas Present for you: If you have an IDE HD and a SATA II...

Hi, I have tried to use this Link Removed to connect an old 250 gb Samsung sata hard drive to my PC. Windows won't recognise it as a hard drive/partition - the USB adapter device is recognised, and via Devices & Printers, it shows the drive, but not as a USB External Drive, (see image) Link...

Hi, Can I connect an Internal IDE DVD Writer and an Internal SATA DVD Writer to the same Motherboard? Thanks

I am using Windows 7 since one year and during this i did not change my PC. I reinstall my Windows 7 many times on this PC but last few days i want to reinstall it but the is a problem during installition... Load Drivers.. "A required DVD/CD drive device driver is missing..." i do my best after...

I have 4 SATA HDD in my Windows 7 x64 desktop. 2 configured as RAID 0 on which the OS live (C) 2 non raid disk members (D-M) What would happen to the bootmgr on C if I installed a second instance of the same OS on a non raid partition, say M? Does it get re-written and countinues to live on C...

i'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and its working great , lately i wanted to install windows 7 alongside Ubuntu because there's no itunes on it, the problem is W7 can detect my Hard Disk and it says a driver is required ,thought that W7 has all the sata drivers ,i've installed W7 a millions times before...

ok so i have a build computer by my dad , it is windows 7 home premium . i wanted to format the computer using the CD that i have which is GIGABYTE 6-quad/ S-series . Ok so i was playing around to see if it could load ( but nothing was loading until it came a point that when i try to start...

I am not sure: Can I plug-in (and -out) a SATA cable (to hard disc) from (ASUS) motherboard slot when computer is running? Or will this cause a damage to hardware? Peter

hi all I had numerous BSOD, each time the error ranges from0x1a to what have you. Had replaced all parts within except for harddisk, and reinstalled all drivers from HP website. But still BSOD, from startup to anytime (at least twice a week). Notice the device manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers...